Gadgets

Shotgun Beer Opener

To paraphrase the immortal words of Sir Brian Wilson, Esq, God only knows what I’d be without the Shotgun Beer Opener. When I used to shotgun my Natty Bo, it was a race with time and pain—can I crack the six pack, down the fizzy gold, and hit my job at the drug store within…

Gadgets Johnb Nov 4

Buffalo 4-Port Pocket USB Hub

With the five gajillion or so USB devices out there, some of you may have taken to carrying around USB hubs with you just to accomodate all your various gadgetry. Well now there’s this Buffalo Pocket USB Hub to make that a little easier. The BHB4-U205 4-port hub is tiny, measuring only 1.3 x 2.8…

Gadgets Gizmogo Nov 4

8GB Flash Drive Transcends Ludicrous and Surpasses Incredulous

The saturation level of USB flash drives on the market surpassed “ludicrous” ten entries ago, and is fast approaching “incredulous” with a charmingly enthusiastic but ultimately pointless tenacity — like a 3-legged dog chasing a carrot on a stick attached to it s forehead. BUT, this isn t just another flash drive, as storage media…

Gadgets Noah R Nov 4

Indium SMART Flashlight

I know there’s a whole group of gadget fans out there who go especially ga-ga for flashlights. Well prepare to drop your jaw, because here’s a flashlight that’s actually user-configurable — you can even connect it via USB and program new settings for it from your PC! The Angus Noble Indium Smart flashlight can also…

Gadgets Gizmogo Nov 4

Portable AIDS Test – Boon for Africa

One of the biggest issues in AIDS testing in the field is the collection, transport, and processing of blood samples. A team of scientists at Harvard Medical School and the University of Texas are trying to meld a mini-processor and a digital camera to create an entirely new form of test, one that fits in…

Gadgets Johnb Nov 4

Gotcha Sprayer – Kills Things Dead

Might be a little late in the season for this thing, but it’s a pretty cool little device. You hook up a bottle of pest DESTROYER and attach a 10 foot pole. You can then pull a string and shoot those little buggers to HELL! It looks good for wasps and other flying Insectacons and…

Gadgets Johnb Nov 4

HeartPOD Helps With Heart Failure Digitally

Savacor Inc. is betting that you have congestive heart failure and that you want to be able to keep control of it digitally. So they bought up every last Handspring Visor from the junkyard they could find and slapped their software onto them. The result is the HeartPOD, a system designed to help monitor the…

Health Gizmodo.com Nov 3

Marathon Gadgets on Parade

You won’t find me running in the NYC marathon, but if you’re heading out for the torture—I mean fun—you may want to read up on these helpful tech gadgets. For foot comfort, there’s something called Sculptra, a liquid form of lactic acid normally saved for the wrinkles on upper east side socialites. It is now…

Gadgets Tgrumet Nov 3

Saddle Up With The Hard Drive Belt Buckle

This DIY belt buckle actually looks quite snazzy. A guy named Arthur had some time on his hands and a dead hard drive, so he used a hacksaw to rip it apart and construct the belt buckle. He also used one paper clip, some channel locks, three small screws, and basswood. Alright, there Macguyver, chill.…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com Nov 3

Jellyfish Cocktail: Japanese Pet

For all of you who sit at your desks thinking, ‘You know what this desk needs? Some goddamn jellyfish, that’s what,’ comes Japanese company Banpresto with some goddamn jellyfish thing. Banpresto’s “Sea Cocktail” (great name for a product which you should under no circumstances drink) takes the form of a 11.7-inch tall monolith-like fish tank,…

Gadgets Noah R Nov 3

Snow Wovel

When shoveling snow, you usually end up throwing your back out, falling over, getting pneumonia, and eventually, you die. Or you could start shoveling snow with the Wovel. The Wovel is this huge contraption with a big wheel and a snow shovel attatched to it. You use your body weight to move the snow around…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com Nov 3

Noxon WiFi Audio, It’s Streamtastic

This is the Noxom 2 wireless audio adapter. Here is the deal, but I’m sure you smart Gizmodo readers could figure it out anyway. Connect it to your wireless network and then plug it directly into a hi-fi block-rockin’ stereo system and let the polka beats roar. This little diddy (about Jack and Diane) goes…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Nov 3

NatureMill Indoor Composter – Controlled Decay

I love compost. I love hats. I love belts. I love fashion. NatureMill almost succeeds in pleasing me on all of those fronts. It’s an in-home composter that takes trash in one end and produces a delicious organic humus out the other—that’s humus not hummus. One is is a tasty chickpea dish, the other is…

Gadgets Johnb Nov 3

Fluffer Fluffpod, Taking Fluff to a Whole New Level

No, not the magical fluff marshmallow cream that I consumed per pound in the 1990s, this is a more hardcore fluff. This fluff is elegant, classy and sophisticated. This fluff case is made out of soft faux fur (no fluffs were killed in the making of this) and an interior satin lining. The satin protects…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Nov 3

Planning Guerilla Warfare? Iran Can Help

Psst. Hey you! Over here in the dark alleyway, check out what I got! All kinds of goods from Iran’s army surplus. Wanna score some? How? Iran Electronic Industries: “Western Performance Eastern Price.” But don’t go looking for missiles and AK-47s from IEI as they specialize in communications, optics, electro optics, and “electronic warefare.” You’ll…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com Nov 3

Sanyo eneloop Rechargeable Batteries

Sanyo has developed a line of rechargeable NiMH batteries that can be sold to users all charged up and ready to go. Most NiMH rechargeables have to be charged before they can be used, but not with these new Sanyo Eneloop batteries. This can be done because the batteries have particularly slow energy loss; they’ll…

Gadgets Gizmogo Nov 3

Lightcap Lights Your Booze, Water Up

If you’re into nature and walking around outdoors, even jogging, the lightcap is the ultimate gadget for you. I go jogging at night a lot and don’t like lugging a lot of crap around, but sometimes I go down streets without streetlights and it gets annoying after tripping over so many branches and bushes. The…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com Nov 2

Put Your Vices Together for Coffee-beer

Feast your eyes on the newest Swiss invention: Coffee-beer, a “fermented coffee beverage” that has been patented in every major market around the world by Nestac (part of the Nestle empire). The beverage is basically a super-caffeinated liquid that pours like a beer but smells like coffee. No alcohol included. To make it, coffee beans…

Gadgets Tgrumet Nov 2

DIY Skype Headset for the Rich and Bored

As DIY projects go, this is one of the oddest I’ve seen in eons. The fellow pictured above didn’t like the sound quality of his Skype connection, and apparently didn’t want to buy a good $30-$60 headset. So he took a pair of Grado headphones, which are the ne plus ultra of consumer ear cans.…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Nov 2

iPod Rearview Mirror Carclip

This isn t too spectacular of a gadget, but it is definitely handy. As a man that uses an iPod with the FM transmitter in transit this could definitely be useful. Finding a place to sit my iPod that will not disrupt the signal and allow easy accessibility while I’m eating dinner, shaving, brushing my…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Nov 2

Shotgun Beer Opener

Buffalo 4-Port Pocket USB Hub

8GB Flash Drive Transcends Ludicrous and Surpasses Incredulous

Indium SMART Flashlight

Portable AIDS Test – Boon for Africa

Gotcha Sprayer – Kills Things Dead

HeartPOD Helps With Heart Failure Digitally

Marathon Gadgets on Parade

Saddle Up With The Hard Drive Belt Buckle

Jellyfish Cocktail: Japanese Pet

Snow Wovel

Noxon WiFi Audio, It’s Streamtastic

NatureMill Indoor Composter – Controlled Decay

Fluffer Fluffpod, Taking Fluff to a Whole New Level

Planning Guerilla Warfare? Iran Can Help

Sanyo eneloop Rechargeable Batteries

Lightcap Lights Your Booze, Water Up

Put Your Vices Together for Coffee-beer

DIY Skype Headset for the Rich and Bored

iPod Rearview Mirror Carclip

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